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Chemotherapy and prognosis in advanced thymic carcinoma patients
Song, Zhengbo; Yu, Xinmin; Zhang, Yiping.
  • Song, Zhengbo; Zhejiang Cancer Hospital. Department of Medical Oncology. Hangzhou. CN
  • Yu, Xinmin; Zhejiang Cancer Hospital. Department of Medical Oncology. Hangzhou. CN
  • Zhang, Yiping; Zhejiang Cancer Hospital. Department of Medical Oncology. Hangzhou. CN
Clinics ; 70(12): 775-780, Dec. 2015. tab, graf
Article in English | LILACS | ID: lil-769705
ABSTRACT

OBJECTIVE:

The role of chemotherapy in treating advanced thymic carcinoma is unclear. The purpose of the current study was to investigate the efficacy of chemotherapy and the prognostic factors for patients with advanced thymic carcinoma.

METHODS:

A retrospective review of the medical records of 86 patients treated with chemotherapy for advanced thymic carcinoma was conducted between 2000 and 2012 at our institution. The clinical characteristics, chemotherapy regimens and prognostic factors were analyzed. Survival curves were plotted using the Kaplan-Meier method and the Cox proportional hazard model was used for multivariate analysis.

RESULTS:

Of the 86 patients, 56 were male and 30 were female. The median survival time was 24.5 months. For the first-line chemotherapy treatment, the objective response rate was 47.7% and the disease control rate was 80.2%. The median progression-free survival for all patients was 6.5 months for first-line chemotherapy. No significant differences in progression-free survival were observed among the different chemotherapy regimens. Multivariate analyses revealed that the prognostic factors for overall survival included performance status (p=0.043), histology grade (p=0.048), and liver metastasis (p=0.047).

CONCLUSION:

Our results suggest that there is no difference in efficacy between multiagent and doublet regimens. The prognosis of patients with advanced thymic carcinoma can be predicted based on histological grade, liver metastasis and performance status.
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Full text: Available Index: LILACS (Americas) Main subject: Thymoma / Thymus Neoplasms / Antineoplastic Agents Type of study: Observational study / Prognostic study / Risk factors Limits: Adult / Aged / Female / Humans / Male Language: English Journal: Clinics Journal subject: Medicine Year: 2015 Type: Article Affiliation country: China Institution/Affiliation country: Zhejiang Cancer Hospital/CN

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Full text: Available Index: LILACS (Americas) Main subject: Thymoma / Thymus Neoplasms / Antineoplastic Agents Type of study: Observational study / Prognostic study / Risk factors Limits: Adult / Aged / Female / Humans / Male Language: English Journal: Clinics Journal subject: Medicine Year: 2015 Type: Article Affiliation country: China Institution/Affiliation country: Zhejiang Cancer Hospital/CN